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what crefted : the green fpot before the eye does not unite acrofs 

 the head, and is broader than in the above bird : the black fpot 

 at the angles of the green band of the nape not mentioned : in 

 other refpects one defciiption may fuffice. 



This is a rare and moft elegant fpecies, Found about the fea- 

 coafts of Kamlfchatka, and breeds among the inaccefiible rocks 

 there. Flies in flocks. Frequents alfo the wejlern fide of 

 America. 



Plage* 



Anas albeola, Lin. Syjl. 199, 18. — Phil. Tranf. Ixii. p. 416. 



— — bucephala, Id. zoo. 21. 



La Sarcelle de la Louifiane, Brif. Orn. vi, p. 461. pi. 41. fig. 1. 



■ blanche & noir, ou la Religieufe, Buf. Oif. ix. p. 284. — PI. 



Enl. 948. 

 Le Canard d'Hyver, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 349. 10. 

 Le petit Canard agroffe tete, Buf. Oif. ix. p. 249, 

 Little black and white Duck, Ediv. pi. 100. 

 Spirit Duck, ArB. Zool. N° 487. 



Buffel-headed Duck, Ara. Zool. N° tfg.—Catefi, Car, i. pi. 95V 

 Br. Muf. Lea. Muf. 



CIZE rather larger than a Teal : length fixteen inches. Bill near 

 an inch and a half long, and black : the head and neck green 

 gold, with a glofs of violet in fome lights : from behind each 

 eye the feathers are white, paffing in a broad patch to the back 

 of the head : the lower part of the neck all round, the breaft, and 

 under parts, are white : the outer fcapulars are white, forming a 

 longitudinal band on each fide of the back, which, with the reft 

 of the fcapulars, is black : the lefler wing coverts are dufky, edged 

 with white j the middle ones white; the greater, down the middle 

 of the wing, white; but thofe on each fide black : quills dufky 



4 black-, 



7J. 

 •f- BUFFEL- 

 HEADED D. 



Male- 



Description, 



